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silkweed

silkweed noun: any plant of the genus Asclepias whose seed vessels contain a long, silky down; milkweed.

Noun

silkweed (usually uncountable, plural silkweeds)

  1. (usually) Any plant of the genus Asclepias whose seed vessels contain a long, silky down; milkweed.

Forms of silkweed

pluralsilkweeds

Origin of silkweed

From silk + weed.

Words formed from silkweed

  • swamp silkweed

Questions about silkweed

What does silkweed mean?
Silkweed means any plant of the genus Asclepias whose seed vessels contain a long, silky down; milkweed.
What part of speech is silkweed?
Silkweed is a noun.
What is the plural of silkweed?
The plural of silkweed is silkweeds.

Words near silkweed in the dictionary

  1. silkvine
  2. silkware
  3. silkwares
  4. silkwear
  5. silkwears
  6. silkweed
  7. silkweeds
  8. silkwoman
  9. silkwomen
  10. Silkwood
  11. Silkwoods

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